NEW YORK - Authorities are investigating a partial collapse at a construction site in Brooklyn where four workers were injured, one seriously.

The Fire Department of New York and the Buildings Department were investigating the collapse Monday at a building under construction on Conselyea Street in the Williamsburg section.

Firefighter Matt Coppeto says all four injured people were working on the site.

Coppeto says an initial call reporting the collapse came in about 1:30 p.m.

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